Triethylamine → N-[(Dodecanoyloxy)methyl]-N,N-diethylethanaminium chloride

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2.49 g (0.01 mol) chloromethyl n-dodecanoate (1b) and 1.01 g (0.01 mol) triethylamine were mixed and heated together at 90° for three hr. On cooling to room temperature, anhydrous ether was added to the mixture and the mixture was triturated in anhydrous ether overnite. The solid was isolated by filtration under a nitrogen atmosphere and thoroughly washed with ether. After drying in vacuo over calcium sulfate at room temperature 0.6 g (0.002 mol 20%, 2h was obtained as a hygroscopic solid, mp 72°-77°.

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